act
act copied to clipboard
nektos
Issue with `-n` dry run
Bug report info
act --bug-report
act version: 0.2.31
GOOS: darwin
GOARCH: amd64
NumCPU: 8
Docker host: DOCKER_HOST environment variable is unset/empty.
Sockets found:
/var/run/docker.sock
Config files:
/Users/nwaters/.actrc:
-P ubuntu-latest=ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
-P ubuntu-20.04=ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:act-20.04
-P ubuntu-18.04=ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:act-18.04
Build info:
Go version: go1.19
Module path: command-line-arguments
Main version:
Main path:
Main checksum:
Build settings:
-compiler: gc
-ldflags: -X main.version=0.2.31
CGO_ENABLED: 1
CGO_CFLAGS:
CGO_CPPFLAGS:
CGO_CXXFLAGS:
CGO_LDFLAGS:
GOARCH: amd64
GOOS: darwin
GOAMD64: v1
Docker Engine:
Engine version: 20.10.8
Engine runtime: runc
Cgroup version: 1
Cgroup driver: cgroupfs
Storage driver: overlay2
Registry URI: https://index.docker.io/v1/
OS: Docker Desktop
OS type: linux
OS version:
OS arch: x86_64
OS kernel: 5.10.47-linuxkit
OS CPU: 4
OS memory: 7960 MB
Security options:
name=seccomp,profile=default
Command used with act
act -n -v
Describe issue
I am trying to do a dry run to check a dynamically generated matrix, and encounter an error that does <edit: not> occur when running the actual tool without -n
expression '${{ fromJson(needs.list-manifests.outputs.matrix) }}' evaluated to '%!t(<nil>)'
ERRO[0000] Error while evaluating matrix: Invalid JSON: unexpected end of JSON input
DEBU[0000]
FATA[0000] yaml: unmarshal errors:
line 27: cannot unmarshal !!str `${{ fro...` into []interface {}
Link to GitHub repository
No response
Workflow content
name: 'build'
on:
push:
branches:
- main
pull_request:
jobs:
list-manifests:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
outputs:
matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v2
- id: set-matrix
run: echo "::set-output name=matrix::$(cat build_manifest.csv |grep -v '^#' | jq --raw-input . | jq -c --slurp .)"
build:
name: 'Build'
needs: list-manifests
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
permissions:
contents: read
packages: write
strategy:
matrix:
manifest: ${{ fromJson(needs.list-manifests.outputs.matrix) }}
steps:
- name: "Build:checkout"
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Get version
env:
tool_ver: ${{ matrix.manifest }}
id: versplit
run: echo "::set-output name=VERSION::${tool_ver##*,}"
- name: Get tool
env:
tool_ver: ${{ matrix.manifest }}
id: toolsplit
run: echo "::set-output name=TOOL::${tool_ver%,*}"
Relevant log output
act -n -v
DEBU[0000] Loading environment from /Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.env
DEBU[0000] Loading secrets from /Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.secrets
DEBU[0000] Loading workflows from '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.github/workflows'
DEBU[0000] Loading workflows recursively
DEBU[0000] Found workflow 'builder.yaml' in '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.github/workflows/builder.yaml'
DEBU[0000] Found workflow 'builder.yaml~' in '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.github/workflows/builder.yaml~'
DEBU[0000] Reading workflow '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.github/workflows/builder.yaml'
DEBU[0000] Planning event: push
DEBU[0000] Loading slug from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
DEBU[0000] Loading revision from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
DEBU[0000] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
DEBU[0000] HEAD points to '5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0'
DEBU[0000] using github ref: refs/heads/main
DEBU[0000] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] evaluating expression 'success()'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] expression 'success()' evaluated to 'true'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] 🚀 Start image=ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] 🐳 docker pull image=ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest platform= username= forcePull=false
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] 🐳 docker pull ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] 🐳 docker volume rm act-build-list-manifests
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] 🐳 docker volume rm act-build-list-manifests-env
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] 🐳 docker create image=ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest platform= entrypoint=["/usr/bin/tail" "-f" "/dev/null"] cmd=[]
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] 🐳 docker run image=ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest platform= entrypoint=["/usr/bin/tail" "-f" "/dev/null"] cmd=[]
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading slug from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] HEAD points to '5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Skipping local actions/checkout because workdir was already copied
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] skip pre step for 'actions/checkout@v2': no action model available
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading slug from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] HEAD points to '5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Skipping local actions/checkout because workdir was already copied
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading slug from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] HEAD points to '5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading slug from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] HEAD points to '5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] setupEnv => map[ACT:true CI:true GITHUB_ACTION:0 GITHUB_ACTIONS:true GITHUB_ACTION_PATH: GITHUB_ACTION_REF: GITHUB_ACTION_REPOSITORY: GITHUB_ACTOR:nektos/act GITHUB_API_URL:https://api.github.com GITHUB_BASE_REF: GITHUB_ENV:/var/run/act/workflow/envs.txt GITHUB_EVENT_NAME:push GITHUB_EVEN
T_PATH:/var/run/act/workflow/event.json GITHUB_GRAPHQL_URL:https://api.github.com/graphql GITHUB_HEAD_REF: GITHUB_JOB:list-manifests GITHUB_PATH:/var/run/act/workflow/paths.txt GITHUB_REF:refs/heads/main GITHUB_REF_NAME:main GITHUB_REF_TYPE:branch GITHUB_REPOSITORY:vdblab/dockerfiles GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER:vdblab GITHUB_RETENT
ION_DAYS:0 GITHUB_RUN_ID:1 GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER:1 GITHUB_SERVER_URL:https://github.com GITHUB_SHA:5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0 GITHUB_TOKEN: GITHUB_WORKFLOW:build GITHUB_WORKSPACE:/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles ImageOS:ubuntu20 PATH:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin RUNNER_PERFLOG:/dev/nul
l RUNNER_TRACKING_ID:]
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading slug from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] HEAD points to '5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] evaluating expression ''
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] expression '' evaluated to 'true'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] ⭐ Run Main actions/checkout@v2
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading slug from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] HEAD points to '5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0'*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] ✅ Success - Main actions/checkout@v2*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading slug from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] HEAD points to '5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0'*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading slug from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] HEAD points to '5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0'*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] setupEnv => map[ACT:true CI:true GITHUB_ACTION:set-matrix GITHUB_ACTIONS:true GITHUB_ACTION_PATH: GITHUB_ACTION_REF: GITHUB_ACTION_REPOSITORY: GITHUB_ACTOR:nektos/act GITHUB_API_URL:https://api.github.com GITHUB_BASE_REF: GITHUB_ENV:/var/run/act/workflow/envs.txt GITHUB_EVENT_NAME:push GITHUB_EVENT_PATH:/var/run/act/workflow/event.json GITHUB_GRAPHQL_URL:https://api.github.com/graphql GITHUB_HEAD_REF: GITHUB_JOB:list-manifests GITHUB_PATH:/var/run/act/workflow/paths.txt GITHUB_REF:refs/heads/main GITHUB_REF_NAME:main GITHUB_REF_TYPE:branch GITHUB_REPOSITORY:vdblab/dockerfiles GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER:vdblab GITHUB_RETENTION_DAYS:0 GITHUB_RUN_ID:1 GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER:1 GITHUB_SERVER_URL:https://github.com GITHUB_SHA:5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0 GITHUB_TOKEN: GITHUB_WORKFLOW:build GITHUB_WORKSPACE:/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles ImageOS:ubuntu20 PATH:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin RUNNER_PERFLOG:/dev/null RUNNER_TRACKING_ID:]
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading slug from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] HEAD points to '5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] evaluating expression ''
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] expression '' evaluated to 'true'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] ⭐ Run Main echo "::set-output name=matrix::$(cat build_manifest.csv |grep -v '^#' | jq --raw-input . | jq -c --slurp .)"
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading slug from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] HEAD points to '5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading slug from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] HEAD points to '5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading slug from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] HEAD points to '5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Wrote command
echo "::set-output name=matrix::$(cat build_manifest.csv |grep -v '^#' | jq --raw-input . | jq -c --slurp .)"
to 'workflow/set-matrix'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] ✅ Success - Main echo "::set-output name=matrix::$(cat build_manifest.csv |grep -v '^#' | jq --raw-input . | jq -c --slurp .)"
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] skipping post step for 'actions/checkout@v2': no action model available
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] 🐳 docker volume rm act-build-list-manifests
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] 🐳 docker volume rm act-build-list-manifests-env
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] 🏁 Job succeeded
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading slug from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Loading revision from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] HEAD points to '5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] using github ref: refs/heads/main
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] expression '${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}' rewritten to 'format('{0}', steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix)'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] evaluating expression 'format('{0}', steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix)'
*DRYRUN* [build/list-manifests] [DEBUG] expression 'format('{0}', steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix)' evaluated to '%!t(string=)'
DEBU[0000] Loading slug from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
DEBU[0000] Loading revision from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
DEBU[0000] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
DEBU[0000] HEAD points to '5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0'
DEBU[0000] using github ref: refs/heads/main
DEBU[0000] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
DEBU[0000] Loading slug from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
DEBU[0000] Loading revision from git directory '/Users/nwaters/GitHub/dockerfiles/.git'
DEBU[0000] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
DEBU[0000] HEAD points to '5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0'
DEBU[0000] using github ref: refs/heads/main
DEBU[0000] Found revision: 5d068db5bef97e1d014f994f3eecd6d6e464d4d0
DEBU[0000] evaluating expression '${{ fromJson(needs.list-manifests.outputs.matrix) }}'
DEBU[0000] expression '${{ fromJson(needs.list-manifests.outputs.matrix) }}' evaluated to '%!t(<nil>)'
ERRO[0000] Error while evaluating matrix: Invalid JSON: unexpected end of JSON input
DEBU[0000]
FATA[0000] yaml: unmarshal errors:
line 27: cannot unmarshal !!str `${{ fro...` into []interface {}
Additional information
I'm guessing this happens cause the echo "::set-output name=matrix::$(...) part isn't executed in the dry run; might still be nice to have a way around this; perhaps a tag to indicate a step should be executed in dryrun mode?
I am trying to do a dry run to check a dynamically generated matrix, and encounter an error that does occur when running the actual tool not with -n
I think you meant to say "encounter an error that does not occur when running the actual tool not with -n" ?
For myself, I can successfully run my workflow using act without the dryrun flag. However, once I use the dryrun flag I get a similar error as op:
DEBU[0003] evaluating expression '${{ fromJSON(needs.project_types.outputs.node_versions) }}'
DEBU[0003] expression '${{ fromJSON(needs.project_types.outputs.node_versions) }}' evaluated to '%!t(<nil>)'
ERRO[0003] Error while evaluating matrix: Invalid JSON: unexpected end of JSON input
DEBU[0003] false
FATA[0003] yaml: unmarshal errors:
line 443: cannot unmarshal !!str `${{ fro...` into []interface {}
here is my bug report data
act version: 0.2.30
GOOS: linux
GOARCH: amd64
NumCPU: 16
Docker host: DOCKER_HOST environment variable is unset/empty.
Sockets found:
/var/run/docker.sock
Config files:
/home/mig/.actrc:
-P ubuntu-latest=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
-P ubuntu-22.04=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-22.04
-P ubuntu-20.04=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-20.04
-P ubuntu-18.04=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-18.04
Build info:
Go version: go1.19
Module path: github.com/nektos/act
Main version: (devel)
Main path: github.com/nektos/act
Main checksum:
Build settings:
-compiler: gc
-trimpath: true
CGO_ENABLED: 1
GOARCH: amd64
GOOS: linux
GOAMD64: v1
vcs: git
vcs.revision: b305cca1c05c9f68f352f53467e509fdaedb8cfd
vcs.time: 2022-08-02T15:26:03Z
vcs.modified: true
Docker Engine:
Engine version: 20.10.17
Engine runtime: runc
Cgroup version: 2
Cgroup driver: systemd
Storage driver: overlay2
Registry URI: https://index.docker.io/v1/
OS: Arch Linux
OS type: linux
OS version:
OS arch: x86_64
OS kernel: 5.19.3-zen1-1-zen
OS CPU: 16
OS memory: 31787 MB
Security options:
name=seccomp,profile=default
name=cgroupns
I can add from a black box debugging perspective, this is not a new regression. I've tried act version 0.2.25, 0.2.28, and 0.2.30. They all have this issue just with varying error messages. I was hoping I could just downgrade as a workaround :(
I'm not shure what should happen in this case, because GitHub doesn't have a concept like DRYRUN
perhaps a tag to indicate a step should be executed in dryrun mode?
I cannot imagine how to implement that, because act doesn't create a docker container to run the step that could create the matrix.
I understand your problem is that you don't know how to correctly use ::set-output:: to set an output and want to experiment with dryrun until it works.
I can provide you a hint to fix the bug in your workflow, you have to escape %, \r, \n.
- id: set-matrix
run: echo "::set-output name=matrix::$(cat build_manifest.csv |grep -v '^#' | jq --raw-input . | jq -c --slurp . | sed -e "s/%/%25/g" | sed -e "s/^.*$/\0%0A/g" | sed -e "s/\r/%0D/g" | tr -d '\n')"
GitHub seem to plan to improve setting outputs from bash by providing file commands for set-output https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/2118. The heredoc style allows to avoid the need to use undocumented escape codes.
I can image that act accepts the outputs of the previous jobs, but that would be hard to use.
I suggest
- to copy your workflow to e.g. .github/act/workflows/test.yml
- comment out steps which should be skipped
- run act without DRYRUN
Otherwise DRYRUN should proceed even on errors like
- strategy
- if
- calling local actions
However that is not what you wanted to work. Maybe a new run mode between DRYRUN and normal would solve this problem?
@ChristopherHX thank you for your comment. The in the workflow works as intended, the issue only occurs in --dryrun mode presumably due to empty argument to fromJson.
A new mode between DRRUN and normal might be useful; I was imagining a simpler sulution of either a flag to force execution of a step regardsless of --dryrun``, or to make a label/decorator like #debugoutputswhere mock outputs could be specified and used during--dryrun`.
something like :
jobs:
list-manifests:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
outputs:
matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
#debugoutputs:
# matrix: ["item1,A", "item2,A", "item1,B"]
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v2
- id: set-matrix
run: echo "::set-output name=matrix::$(cat build_manifest.csv |grep -v '^#' | jq --raw-input . | jq -c --slurp .)"
Or in @20k-ultra 's case (guessing, as I don't have the code)
job:
project_types
...
outputs:
node_versions: ${{ steps.getnodeversions.outputs.node_versions }}
#debugoutputs:
# node_versions: ["7.3", "7.4"]
steps:
id: getnodeversions
run: <logic to get node versions"
A third option could be to set an override via the CLI, somthing like
act -n --overrides steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix=["item1,A", "item2,A", "item1,B"]
Just some ideas; I realize these are easy to think about and hard to implement!
debug outputs is a neat idea!!
I was honestly surprised to find act offered a dryrun flag. Given how complex workflow's can be, and their logic depending on outputs, how could it be possible ?
I am considering making my workflow "dryrun aware" so that it logs a message to indicate "I would have done this thing but this is a dryrun". That however, would make the workflow very verbose with the significant additions of "if dryrun ..."
I'm hoping an act dev sees the debug outputs idea and thinks it's something we should discuss further.
For context on why I want to use dryrun... I have a 1300 LOC workflow that I'm hoping to write some unit testing for. With the dryrun flag I can see "did this job run when I gave this context" by grepping act output for my job.
I guess something like debugoutputs on job level can be added to act, but the other 3 maintainers / owner need to agree.
This format seem to be easier to parse in go yaml v3. Providing job outputs should be doable, even with comments.
jobs:
list-manifests:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
outputs:
# Comment for this output
# DRYRUN: ["7.3", "7.4"]
# Another Comment for this output
matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
Comments below a yaml key value pair doesn't get associated with the key above it, so better only above outputs key or as line comment on the right to the specfic output.
#DRYRUN: <value> / # DRYRUN: <value>.
You can try https://github.com/nektos/act/pull/1350, seems like to be fairly easy to implement. It has a fast turn around time.
Hello,
I don't dive into static checking of workflows yet but I like idea with splitting dryrun data (and any act related data like env.ACT) from real workflows. Just my opinion. :)
For example, by adding --dryrun-override-file=override.yml with a usual workflow-like structure like:
jobs:
list-manifests:
outputs:
matrix: ["7.3", "7.4"]
And during dryrun we replace real YAML nodes by nodes from the files and continue usual parsing.
So third option with overriding thru CLI looks interesting.
The fix in #1350 works for my purposes, and I like having everything in a single file. Kind of documents what is expected from a step as well, which is nice.
I personally like @alex-savchuk approach of being able to pass a file with the overrides but will take overrides in the workflow too! I think it makes makes it so that the people writing the workflow don't even have to know or worry about the test tooling.
Check out how complex/long the workflow file I'm testing is https://github.com/product-os/flowzone/blob/master/.github/workflows/flowzone.yml
If I had to add comments inline to specify overrides, it would get even longer.
Issue is stale and will be closed in 14 days unless there is new activity
![github-actions[bot] avatar](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/15368?v=4 "Published by a pub.dev verified publisher"){kind=small}